Origin: Latin suffix -ous
Vertiginous has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
"had a dizzy spell"
"a dizzy pinnacle"
"had a headache and felt giddy"
"a giddy precipice"
"feeling woozy from the blow on his head"
"a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff"
Having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.